AirTran Reports Record September Traffic, 3rd Quarter '02

Orlando-based AirTran Airways recently reported record passenger traffic, enplanements and capacity for both the month of September 2002 and for the third quarter 2002. 

Based on revenue passenger miles (RPMs), traffic grew by 60.1 percent, to 381.9 million RPMs, on a 51.9 percent increase in capacity, based on available seat miles (ASMs). Both traffic and capacity numbers were records for the month of September. Load factor was 58 percent in September 2002 compared to 55.1 percent in September 2001. Year-to-date load factor was 68.1 percent. 

AirTran Airways served a record 657,870 passengers in September, a 50.9 percent increase over September 2001. For the first nine months of 2002, AirTran Airways served more than seven million customers, an increase of 10.8 percent over the same period in 2001.

Source: AirTran Airways

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